What DONT you track

bbell1985

tea, artificial sweeteners, diet soda, walden farms type stuff.

When I'm getting down to the last bits, I make sure to log my gum and stuff. I can chew a lot .

jennifer_417

Cooking spray, Diet Mtn Dew (which has a few calories), anything that's "officially" calorie-free. Sometimes I'll skip really low-cal stuff like pickles or lettuce.

dunkind45

I don't log any sauces I use (which is often hot sauce and a honey hot sauce) and sometimes I wont log if I have a piece of mini sized candy that usually tends to be 20 calories depending what it is (I have a bunch of cherry hershey kisses hoarded away and I will take one kiss sometimes. more than one and oh yeah I am definitely logging).

Same goes for any vitamins or samples depending what it is. I would say I am really chill honestly.

NovusDies

BTW, if you are new to MFP and reading this you really should start with weighing and logging everything you eat over a calorie because small stuff can add up. It does not for me and the reason I know it is because I started with logging everything and I am hardly ever a nibbler/forager/or snack eater.

motivatedmartha

NovusDies wrote: »

BTW, if you are new to MFP and reading this you really should start with weighing and logging everything you eat over a calorie because small stuff can add up. It does not for me and the reason I know it is because I started with logging everything and I am hardly ever a nibbler/forager/or snack eater.

I so agree with this. The biggest plus of mfp (in my opinion) is that it helps build the habit of mindful eating. After a while you learn what tastes or small bites count and which ones don't. But a regular 'serving' of salad dressing/ teaspoon of nut butter/ or it's only a 20 cal chocolate or tsp sugar in tea can really add up over a day. So my advice for newbies is log everything that goes in your mouth at the beginning - after a while you can be a bit more chilled about the stuff that doesn't count.

callsitlikeiseeit

NovusDies wrote: »

BTW, if you are new to MFP and reading this you really should start with weighing and logging everything you eat over a calorie because small stuff can add up. It does not for me and the reason I know it is because I started with logging everything and I am hardly ever a nibbler/forager/or snack eater.

ABSOLUTELY so many of us respond to things like these, but we've been doing it for years and have years of logging experience under our belts and KNOW how many calories things are and what *we* can get away without logging. For my first two years ( i think im on year 5 now, i dont even know), i weighed logged EVERYTHING.

asonrody

Low cal condiments, veggies and fruit like carrots, cantaloupe, lettuce, and broccoli, chocolate if I only eat a small square and diet soda. I'm pretty relaxed about logging the small stuff since an extra 50 calories or so isn't gonna ruin everything.

Purplebunnysarah

While I log low calorie veg (leafy greens etc) I don't bother weighing them. Whatever amount I logged most recently is how much I had today too (generally the difference is <10 calories, not a worthwhile investment of my time). Evens out in the end since sometimes I overestimate and sometimes underestimate.

Noreenmarie1234

Spices, stevia/truvia, hotsauce, mustard, walden farms stuff

Annalee82_

Black coffee. Altoids. Mustard. Anything with so few calories that it's just not worth the time.

MadisonMolly2017

Don’t track:
1. Zero calorie items: spices, decaf tea, coffee

2. Says it has no calories but I’ve read differently on MFP: non-stick spray

Things I do track:
1. Salt, vinegar, soy sauce, mustard
2. celery, lettuce.

sytchequeen

I don't log drinks (except any alcohol I have, which is only a couple of times a month at the most)

EllieTheLondoner

I don't log any of my drinks or using MFP becomes too cumbersome for me and I stop logging entirely. The only drink I have with any kcals in it now is my morning coffee, but I have a limit on how many I drink and it's fairly constant. The only other drinks I mostly have are black tea and water.

Oh wait, I do log booze though! Not sure how accurately, but I try! But that's limited to weekends.

And like others, I don't log spices, vinegar, squeezes of lemon, etc. Again, anything too cumbersome puts me off logging entirely as I start fixating on accuracy. Took me years to realise that 'close enough' is better than 'not at all' for me!

nickssweetheart

I log mustards and vinegar and soy sauce, because I just like to see what I ate that day and how I prepared it. The one area where I'm pretty careless is lettuce, spinach, and cabbage. As others have said, I log them but I don't really measure them. That's the place where I don't mind eyeballing/guesstimating, because even being radically off is only going to be a difference of 7-21 calories.

juliamfu161

Water/seltzer. I figure since they have no calories or salt, then there's simply no need.

alyssa_rest

I don't log spices, black coffee, tea, hot sauce, and when I sneak a bite of my husband's food. I estimate green vegetables and lettuces.

Everything else gets weighed for the most part, or eyeballed if I'm not at home.

rj0150684

Unless it’s a major component of the flavor of a dish (like hot peppers or fish sauce or something), I don’t really track anything under 30 calories.

Martinez83014

I don't log vitamins or "bites" like grocery store samples or when someone says "try this" because I refuse to beat myself up over a single bite. Other than that I try to log everything.